Another school on SCUSD’s hit list for 2009-10 is G.E.N.E.S.I.S. Charter High School.

With a new principal, steady enrollment and dedicated staff, the District’s very own website describes the latest in programming at the school:

A career component developed for the 2008-09 school year will provide eligible high school students an opportunity to participate in job shadowing and internships with a variety of community and business partners. Upon graduation from GENESIS Charter School, students will have acquired a college pre-education and be prepared to enter the world of work.

Especially poignant were a group of parents dismayed at the plan to close Mark Hopkins Elementary. One father stated that his boy would not be able to go to school if he couldn’t walk across the street because the family had no other means of transportation and an elderly grandmother who takes care of the boy would not be able to walk the two miles required to fetch the child from nearby John Bidwell or John Sloate.

After waiting three hours to address the board, another parent informed the panel that she took a day off from work and had her pay docked as a result — all for a chance to speak her plight for one, timed minute.

A 6th grader said she valued her experience at Mark Hopkins because attending the school has been a tradition in her family. She explained that she and her graduating classmates are saddened this year, however, because they leave behind all the little ones.